Injured Olympian Amy Van Dyken-Rouen plans to move to rehab hospital

Six-time Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken-Rouen (right) has a severed spine after an accident on her all-terrain vehicle in Arizona. The swimmer was hurt Friday night, June 6, 2014, and told emergency workers at the scene she could not move her toes or feel anything touching her legs. She will undergo rehabiliatation at a suburban Denver hospital.
CHRIS O’MEARA — The Associated Press

Van Dyken-Rouen plans to be transferred sometime next week to Craig Hospital, which specializes in spinal cord injuries. Her husband, former Denver Broncos punter Tom Rouen, told The Denver Post that she may still need to undergo a second surgery at the Scottsdale, Arizona, hospital where she has been since she was injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash Friday night.

Tom Rouen says the family doesn’t know if she will be paralyzed, saying “we’re going to take it day by day.”

Van Dyken-Rouen remains upbeat in her Twitter posts. On Thursday morning, after spending most of the night undergoing an MRI, she joked “Yes, I have a brain!”